In April, the Broadway League announced the nominees for the 77th Annual Tony Awards, scheduled to take place at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City on June 16—and there were many surprises and notable omissions....
Oftentimes, when a Broadway show receives critical acclaim or does impressive numbers at the box office, film producers will look to adapt the story for the big screen in order to bring it to a wider audience. Hamilton, one of the most successful and revered Broadway...
The last couple of years have been great for Broadway as New York City’s theater industry has rebounded from to pre-pandemic attendance levels and produced dozens of unique and memorable shows, including Kimberly Akimbo, which won the Tony Award for Best Musical...
While the performers are front and center, a successful Broadway show requires collaboration among a team of artistic professionals, including the playwright and director. Designers are also critical in bringing a production to life, most notably creating the set,...
The New York City theater scene, which includes official Broadway venues in Manhattan’s Theatre District and more than 80 off-Broadway theaters (venues with fewer than 500 seats) is a constantly changing industry with collections of creative people—playwrights,...
While Broadway is known for grandiose shows with elaborate numbers and larger-than-life sets and characters, not every show is an extravagant production with a large cast. Solo shows, whether a monologue or performance in which one actor plays multiple characters,...
While several awards celebrate the best performances in theater (the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards, for example), none are as coveted by performers as the Tony Awards. Presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, the Tony Awards honor...
The 2023 Tony Awards, the 76th edition of Broadway’s biggest and most prestigious awards ceremony, took place on June 11 at the United Palace in Washington Heights. Kimberly Akimbo, a musical about a teenage girl with a medical condition that makes her age...
There’s no place in the world like Broadway in New York City, New York. The theater district, located on 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan, is home to 41 Broadway theaters, including the George Gershwin Theatre and Music Box Theatre, as well as several shops,...
A revival of Ossie Davis’ 1961 original production, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch opened at the Music Box Theatre in September 2023. The original production, which told the story of a traveling Black preacher trying to save...
